Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025

Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000

Highly Cited Researchers demonstrate significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past eleven years. However, citation activity is not the sole selection indicator. This list, based on citation data, is then refined using other quantitative metrics, as well as qualitative analysis and expert judgment.

7,131 Highly Cited Researcher awards in 2025

Full Name		Category	Primary Affiliation	Secondary Affiliations
	Racine, Nicole	Cross-Field	University of Ottawa, Canada
	Radua, Joaquim	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Barcelona, Spain	IDIBAPS, Spain
	Raes, Jeroen	Microbiology	KU Leuven, Belgium	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium
	Raghu, Ganesh	Clinical Medicine	University of Washington Seattle, United States
	Raguram, Aditya	Biology and Biochemistry	Harvard University, United States
	Rahman, Adeeb	Cross-Field	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
	Rahman, Md. Mostafizur	Cross-Field	Taif University, Saudi Arabia	Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
	Rahman, Mohammad Mominur	Cross-Field	King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
	Rahmstorf, Stefan	Cross-Field	Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung, Germany
	Rajewsky, Nikolaus	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Helmholtz Association, Germany	Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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